Emmanuel Macron

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President of the French Republic since 2017.

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25 Apr 2024

Our reading
Europe is mortal — it can die, and whether it does depends entirely on choices Europeans make now.

Their wordsMy message today is simple. Paul Valéry said, at the end of the First World War, that we now know that our civilizations are mortal. We must be clear on the fact that our Europe, today, is mortal. It can die. It can die, and that depends entirely on our choices. But these choices must be made now.

↗Speech on Europe, Sorbonne, 25 April 2024 (Elysee English transcript)elysee.fr
25 Apr 2024

Our reading
The era in which Europe bought its energy from Russia, had its goods made in China and left its security to the United States is over.

Their wordsAnd so yes, the era when Europe bought its energy and fertilizers from Russia, had its goods manufactured in China, and delegated its security to the United States of America, is over.

↗Speech on Europe, Sorbonne, 25 April 2024 (Elysee English transcript)elysee.fr
25 Apr 2024

Our reading
Europe cannot keep the world's strictest environmental and social rules, invest less than its competitors and run a more naive trade policy, and still expect to create jobs.

Their wordsWe cannot sustain the most stringent environmental and social norms, invest less than our competitors, have a more naive trade policy than them and think that we will continue to generate jobs. This no longer holds together.

↗Speech on Europe, Sorbonne, 25 April 2024 (Elysee English transcript)elysee.fr